Founded by St.Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union festival is held annually at the Cinema House
with the assistance of the Committee of Culture of St. Petersburg Government.

Festival program includes

• Main Competition (fiction, documentary and animation films)

Nominations:
Grand-Prix
Best Fiction Film
Best Director’s Work
Best Script
Best Camera Work
Best Sound Supervisor
Best Documentary Film
Best Animation Film
Best Work of the Animation Artist

• Special 5-minute Fiction Film Competition
• Special Social Commercial Competition
• Non-competition program
• Retrospective program
• Master-classes
• Round tables

Conditions and basic requirements

No more than 30-minute-lengh fiction, documentary and animation films produced after January, 1, 2010 made by film school students will be accepted.

For the Special Social Commercial Competition: commercial films produced in 2009-2011 will be accepted.

Production year of the selected films will be determined by the copyright on the carrier.

Entry forms and videos must be received before the 1st of July, 2011 (date of incoming postmark).

The participants should submit to the Selection Committee:

• Film on DVD subtitled in English
• Completed and signed Entry-Form
• Dialogue lists in English
• Short synopsis of the film (max 25 words)
• 1 still from the film (on CD or by e-mail)

The list of selected films will be posted on official festival website after July, 15, 2011.

Each selected film should be presented on 35 mm print or on separate DVD without any extra options (menu, etc.) PAL 720x576PX format, with English subtitles.

DVD screening copies should arrive to the Festival Management no later than August, 10, 35 mm copies – no later than August, 25, 2011.

The participants should assume all costs connected with the transportation of film prints and DVDs to the Festival.

The Festival Management will assume all costs connected with the transportation of film prints back.

The prints on 35 mm will be sent back to the addresses mentioned in the entry form within 3 weeks after the Festival.

DVD copies will remain in Festival Archive.

The Festival Management guarantees not to transfer films or to use for commercial purposes and also preserves a right to use 3-minute-lengh fragments of the films for the Festival advertising purposes.

One member from the film crew of the selected film will be invited to participate in the Festival.

All mentioned conditions are obligatory for the participants of the Film Festival Beginning.

St. Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union, BEGINNING Film Festival
Karavannaya Street, 12, Saint Petersburg, 191023, Russia
Tel: +7 921 792 8263, fax +7 812 314 7598
E-mails: , mail@festival-nachalo.ru
Website: www.festival-nachalo.ru